Sponsor Letter Agreement
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, BCSA, BCSA Sponsor, and Qenta entered into the Sponsor Letter Agreement (the “Sponsor Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to, among other things, (i) vote in favor of each of the transaction proposals to be voted upon at the meeting of BCSA shareholders, including approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger); (ii) waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the governing documents of BCSA or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to the Class B ordinary shares; and (iii) surrender to BCSA, immediately prior to the effective time of the Business Combination, private placement units, and BCSA Class B Shares held by the Sponsor such that the Sponsor will hold between 7.5 million and 11.3 million new Qenta Common Shares (and related private placement unit warrants) at the closing of the Business Combination, depending on the percentage of BCSA Class A Share redemptions.
A copy of the Sponsor Letter Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Sponsor Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Transaction Support Agreements
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, certain shareholders of Qenta entered into Transaction Support Agreements with BCSA (collectively, the “Transaction Support Agreements”), pursuant to which such parties have agreed to, among other things, support and vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement (including the Merger).
A copy of the form of Transaction Support Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Transaction Support Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Lock-Up Agreement
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, BCSA, BCSA Sponsor, the directors and officers of BCSA, and certain shareholders of Qenta entered into a lock-up agreement (the “ Lock-Up Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, such holders agreed not to effect any Transfer (as defined in the Lock-Up Agreement) of shares of common stock of New Qenta for a period of 180 days (and 60 days for smaller Qenta shareholders) following the closing of the Business Combination, in each case subject to, and conditioned upon and effective as of, the effective time of the Business Combination. The restrictions on Transfers of New Qenta common stock set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement supersede similar restrictions set forth in those certain Letter Agreements, dated November 9, 2021, by and among BCSA, BCSA Sponsor and each of the Insiders party thereto (as defined therein).
A copy of the form of Lock-Up Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Forward Share Purchase Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, BCSA entered into a Confirmation (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”), with Vellar Opportunity Fund SPV LLC - Series 5 (the “FPA Seller”), a client of Cohen & Company Financial Management, LLC (“Cohen”). Entities and funds managed by Cohen own equity interests in the Sponsor. Pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, the FPA Seller intends, but is not obligated, to purchase after the date of the BCSA redemption deadline through a broker in the open market BCSA Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“BCSA Class A Ordinary Shares”), including such shares that holders had elected to redeem pursuant to BCSA’s organizational documents in connection with the Business Combination, other than from BCSA or affiliates of BCSA, and (b) the FPA Seller has agreed to waive any redemption rights in connection with the Business Combination with respect to such BCSA Class A Ordinary Shares it purchases in accordance with the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Subject Shares”). The Number of Shares shall equal the Subject Shares but shall be no more than 12,000,000 Shares. The FPA Seller has agreed to not beneficially own more than 9.9% of the New Qenta Common Stock on a post-combination pro forma basis.